Millennials know nothing re: socialism or any other -ism, except freeism. If its free, they know about it and want it. Anyone promising the free stuff is their hero, thus, the "o".
Nothing surprising here. Just where the country is headed, hopefully, long after I'm gone. At 70+, who knows when that will be.

ask any vegetable ....... -- j
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WATTERS SWEARS THAT HE JUST STOPS PEOPLE AT RANDOM AND DOESN'T SORT THEM OUT. FRANKLY, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THIS WAS TRUE. (Hmm...I had the caps lock button on. Could be some sub-conscious something?)

Absolutely, Herb. It is a disgrace. An uneducated citizenry is a controlled citizenry.

She probably calls it the "Civil War" because that is what her ignorant NEA union teachers and the book companies call it.

Wow! Excellent! An these people can all vote...great.

My kids are NOT among these. My daughter did a report of altruism and Ayn Rand and asked to watch Atlas Shrugged! Read it...maybe not. I'm hoping for Dragon riders of Pern first.

I wasn't limiting it to the Ghetto, but merely using it as an example of ignorance so great that even speech cannot be used fully.

Yes.
The "dumbing down" has been going on for many years. To get a glimpse of what society can become, see if you can find a copy of the short story, "The Marching Morons" by Cyril M. Kornbluth. Funny and tragic at the same time.

have you ever heard george carlin's explanation of what the real owners of the country want,people who don't think and just become workers, etc. most interesting. you can find it on youtube.
but these owners have in my opinion out done themselves by creating a dumbed down society people who do not think, that is why it is possible that hillary can get elected.

kids and kids

If you like this check out Mark Dice. I'm a big fan.

We are in a lot of trouble. Some argue that there has been a master plan to produce a dumbed-down population. At this time, I agree. There certainly has been. You don't get this stupid without trying...

I picture Mr. Hand saying, "What are you people? ON DOPE?"

The one bright side I can see is, if they can't even name the vice-President, it's likely that they DON'T even vote.

:) Thank you

Lol. Outstanding.

Winston Churchill once observed "The best argument against democracy can be found in a five minute conversation with the common man." Our Constitution protects our right to be a fool, it does not protect us from the consequences of being a fool. I used to teach college freshman level physics and astronomy but every year the number of students that were functionally illiterate grew and I found my self teaching at a lower and lower level. When I was forced to teach college students at the sixth grade level I finally gave up. The Watters World phenomena is a terrifying reality and may well be the harbinger of a dark future for the country.

Oh, this is indicative of how people will be judged on the job henceforth? Sounds like a lot more planned obsolescence in our future.

Agreed about the do-overs and that is what I remind my daughter - daily. Not a second quiz but then same one. Usually the teacher gives half credit for the corrected answer provided by the student which then improves their grade. I am not sure how many schools do this but I imagine there are a significant number given the competitive nature of non-public (and some public) high schools and colleges. They boast a high acceptance rate into higher education but forget about the crash and burn rate.

So it's like they took a second quiz and got a higher grade (resulting in an average of the two) or the teacher alters the original grade?

If it's the second one there are some kids who are in for some nasty surprises! There aren't a lot of do-overs in real life!

Back in the earlyish 1980's I worked at a discount store based in the east, Caldor (hoorah for Caldor!). I mainly worked in the camera dept (the manager there had been a student in my grandfather's math class, nice to have connections) but also worked the front registers if they needed me. It didn't take long before I made change in my head before the register displayed it.

That was also back when most cashiers would count your change back for you. "You gave me 40.25, 0.17 and .08's a quarter and 10's $40. Thanks for shopping at Caldor." These days if you did that most of the customers would not even understand what you meant.

No, they get their graded test back and can then change their answers to improve their grade. This happens daily at my daughters middle school.

That's true! What does that say about these young adults that I automatically think of them as children! It's not just because I'm old. I just can't imagine them surviving on their own. Wait a minute, that does make it that I think they are kids because I'm old. What I think are necessary survival skills are no longer needed - at least as long as there is an ever present power source.

why limit your experience to the ghetto the middle class kits and upper class kits are no different, refer back to the video that started this conversation.

I have never heard of that practice. They change their answers before the exams are handed in for grading? At what grade level is this happening? Do you know where, even generally? If possible I'd like to search for a published story about that, or an editorial, or anything!

I remember going over exams after they were handed back and the teacher going over each question and giving the answer, or figuring out the answer if it was math, chemistry or physics, etc.